OT: Alabama recruiter extraordinaire Tosh Lupoi leaving for NFL
Per Bruce Feldman: Tosh Lupoi, ace recruiter and defensive coordinator at Bama, is taking a DL coach job with the Browns. This is a serious blow to Bama’s recruiting efforts (yes, yes, bagmen and all that). Was the primary recruiter for a lot of familiar names here including Najee, Alex Leatherwood, Dylan Moses among many many others.
https://twitter.com/brucefeldmancfb/status/1085692169711607808?s=21
January 16th, 2019 at 8:47 PM ^
You are a huge loss for eleven warriors
January 16th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
Shut up, you fucking idiot.
January 17th, 2019 at 9:08 AM ^
Spicy comeback!
January 17th, 2019 at 9:28 AM ^
That's telling him.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
Interesting take. This is true. Maybe Lupoi was up to no good and he is getting out before the allegations come in. I recall that one of Alabama’s key recruiters exited not too long ago right before the shit hit the fan
Edit: responding to JPC above
January 17th, 2019 at 8:38 AM ^
This is an interesting take considering the fact that Lupoi is going to the NFL where the NCAA won't be able to touch him, and as his main value and skill set is in recruiting, and as a result if he wasn't concerned about something at the NCAA level, he could probably make more at a program like OSU or Texas as a mostly recruiter if he wanted a pay raise. Pure speculation though, but the NCAA asking questions or requesting such things as bank records might be enough to scare people off.
January 17th, 2019 at 9:01 AM ^
Shit hit the fan? At Alabama? Please
January 16th, 2019 at 8:40 PM ^
Turnover should be expected unless one wants to be an understudy forever. I think Saban will be just fine since he has been collecting wayward/fired coaches for quite a while.
That being said, I cannot believe he is thrilled to be replacing this many coaches.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
According to many Tide fans, Saban actually got Lupoi his new gig. Saban the Benevolent doesn't fire coaches he doesn't want; he gets them better jobs. And that's what's been going on. Saban wanted all these coaches gone.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:41 PM ^
So this offseason, they have lost:
Co-OC - Mike Locksley
Co-OC/WR - Josh Gattis
QB - Dan Enos
OL - Brent Key
DC - Tosh L
Def. Analyst - Lou Spanos; and possibly
Off. Analyst - Butch Jones
That’s impressive. But they will bring in an impressive batch of replacements. Sark and Kyle Flood already being tossed out as OC and OL coaches.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:55 PM ^
Butch Jones is on Ablalamas staff? I wish I could fail in my job and get a job offer from Goldman Sachs
January 16th, 2019 at 9:25 PM ^
Good thing for you that it's hard to fail as an "entry level tax specialist" at H&R Block.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
In what universe is Flood an impressive hire?
January 16th, 2019 at 9:11 PM ^
Oh, I don’t know — the one where a head coach coach at Rutgers goes 27-24 (in four years) and is now an offensive line coach.
In three seasons since Flood’s departure, Rutgers is 7-29.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:26 PM ^
So taking over a decent team, having a couple of mediocre years and then getting fired and the leaving the team in a state of collapse is impressive?
I would agree he is impressive relative to Chris Ash but that is a rock bottom low bar.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:37 PM ^
But look at the elite players. Monkeys could coach Bama's quality and win the title.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
Bullshit. Stick Hoke and staff on that team and they’d be lucky to win eight games.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:58 PM ^
Hoke and staff could win 11 games with a 2011 Michigan roster. I think Hoke could muster up 11 or 12 wins with Alabama’s talent.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:36 AM ^
Those wins were 100% denard freestyling. We saw what happened when Hoke’s crew started “coaching”.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:49 PM ^
Yeah, and imagine if he had a bunch of Denard caliber players like Bama has year in and year out.
January 17th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
That Michigan team was not particularly good. They got very lucky several times and the win total got inflated because of it. They made their living off of Denard making some out of nothing with the offense.
That is the best season record Michigan has had in well over a decade but they're not top 3 in regards to the on-field product. That was a 9 win team that got incredibly lucky against Notre Dame, Ohio State and Virginia Tech.
January 16th, 2019 at 11:25 PM ^
He said monkeys, not Hoke and staff.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:44 PM ^
The exodus of good coaches, many for lateral hires, is a bad look for Alabama. If Saban had won this year I have to think he would have walked away. They are not getting better and the gap is narrowing with the field I think for the first time in a while the there will be 5+ programs with better records than Alabama over the next five years Michigan will be one of the five
January 16th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
Slow down Sparky.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Saban is still saddled with the #1 ranked recruiting class. That will make 8 times in 9 years. Unless that falls off, Bama isn't going anywhere.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:04 AM ^
They won the championship last year. There is nothing you can do to get better after that.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:45 PM ^
I bet Ablalamas fan base is pissed they got "blown" out by the number one team in the country. Ablalama is in complete disarray. Coaches are leaving (for promotions) the benched QB is transferring (to arch rival... Oklahoma) - I bet Ablalama will only be ranked in the top four next season. I don't know how Ablalamas fan base is handling the big drop from one to the ducester. At least their student athletes can fall back in their acedemics....
January 17th, 2019 at 2:56 PM ^
Ablalama lol
January 16th, 2019 at 8:48 PM ^
Clearly the program is in shambles
January 16th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
Spoiled ass, baby Saban is running off all his coaches after losing.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Dude, I think they are leaving for promotions. This is a way to get more talent. Spend a year in the Ablalama gurney then get your shot at another school. Having coaches leave to higher positions helps Ablalama.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
Perhaps, but I still despise Saban.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
On this we agree
January 17th, 2019 at 9:08 AM ^
Most are, but DC at Bama >>>> NFL DLine coach. Whenever you hear Saban (or another coach) set his assistant up with a new job, he was running the guy off. Carr used to find his guys NFL jobs too.
January 16th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Why do I feel like DJ Durkin is going to be there next DC.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:15 AM ^
Their*
January 16th, 2019 at 9:16 PM ^
Was this the guy that during the Najee recruitment that the board hung on what work out gear he wore?
HE HAS MICHIGAN GEAR ON! NAJEE'S COMING!
damn, he's wearing bama gear today. bama
HE HAS MICHIGAN GEAR ON!
I think that's him, but I've been wrong before.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:17 PM ^
Hopefully bama goes after mike tressel from msu. I've had enough of their defenses...
January 16th, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
He’s a good coach. How is his recruiting?
January 17th, 2019 at 8:31 AM ^
Idk, but I'm sure his recruiting results would be different at Bama, no?
January 16th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
Point we talked about before, but bet high rated kids will explore waiting till February and signing. Basically every recruit that Bama signed, just saw his main recruiter/position coach leave this offseason. Some don’t care. Several though probably wish they weren’t locked into Bama right now.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:25 PM ^
Greg schiano will probably be the DC there big Belichick connection
January 16th, 2019 at 9:27 PM ^
i heard Tennessee is the new Bama
January 17th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Nah, Tennessee is the new Georgia...
January 17th, 2019 at 10:15 AM ^
who was the new Ole Miss...
January 17th, 2019 at 12:58 PM ^
Nah, Tennessee is the new Georgia...
But is Georgia the new Alabama?
January 16th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Better build a wall around Partridge, expect Saban to come hard at him.
January 16th, 2019 at 9:32 PM ^
So true. Got to believe Harbaugh anticipated this possibility
January 17th, 2019 at 12:27 AM ^
Great point. Hopefully Harbaugh is ready to fight for Partridge because I bet he is on Sabans shortlist
January 17th, 2019 at 8:11 AM ^
Would he make Partridge the co-DC just to get him from Michigan? Marcus Ray is available. Saban can have him.